I spent the morning with Connor while Lance was at work.

I was there when the doc was there again, it’s always much nicer to get the feedback from her directly.  She wasn’t too sure about whether to keep the monitors on or not, but she decided to keep them on one more night as his breathing is a bit too fast at times for her to be comfortable.  Please God let this not carry on, or else he’ll be put back on oxygen!  
She also decreed that he should try one bottle today!!!  Yippee!! 
She’;s quite happy with his progress, she said he has made the progress that she was expecting, unlike 2 of the other babies in the ICU who are now VERY sick (I feel so sorry for their parents).

I got to bath him myself today!!  I really enjoyed that.  Lance was back from the office by then, so he got to help me too!  Connor really likes his hair being washed, I hope it stays like that, and he doesn’t become like his brother! LOL

Good news… his nappy rash is MUCH better, in fact it’s almost gone.  They’ve been using cold rooibos tea to clean his bum since yesterday, instead of baby wipes, and Bepanthan cream – what an amazing difference in such a short time!!  I was amazed.

We went back to the hospital this afternoon especially to be there for his first bottle.  He managed to drink 30ml’s of the 55ml’s with the bottle before he gave up.  It was such a struggle to get him to suck.  He’d suck twice and then fall asleep again.  The nurse had to constantly tickle him under his chin and move his cheeks.
It was so funny though.  When she had him lying down in her arms his eyes would close and he would fall asleep. As soon as she lifted him into a sitting position to burp him, his eyes would open again- just like a doll. 

Hopefully he learn quickly.  I want to take him home now.

I printed a pic of Connor from yesterday for Bradley to take to school with him today (so that it was similar to what he saw).  He was so pleased that he had something to show his teachers.  You can tell by the way he’s talking that it’s more real to him now.  He’s talking about “his baby” again, just like he did when I was pregnant.